Category: Greatest Architects and Architectures

The concept of building a magnificent ‘Brooklyn Bridge’ to connect New York with the Long Island was dreamt up by an innovative German engineer John Augustus Roebling, who had been consistently criticized and warned by …

This story of a French postman Ferdinand Cheval, who spent thirty three years of his life constructing his dream palace ‘Palais Ideale’ in Hauterives, started back in 1879. He made it with all his imagination …

The 86-story mixed-use residential skyscraper The Radisson Blu Aqua Hotel is the true representation of a contemporary architectural beauty with distinct fashionable design equipped with all luxurious amenities. Inaugurated in 2010, it has become one …

Norma Merrick Sklarek was the first ever African-American woman who achieved many accolades in the world of modern architecture. She was the first black woman to be licensed as an architect in the United States …

For centuries, architects have been profoundly changing the way we live, converting two-dimensional drawings and ideas into three- dimensional structures. Their designs are inspired by nature’s forms, geometrics, colors, patterns, and textures; and are aimed …

Born in 1950, in Baghdad, Zaha Hadid is a British architect of Iraqi descent. Zaha completed her degree in mathematics from the American University of Beirut and then moved to London to attend the Architectural …

Oscar Ribeiro de Almeida Niemeyer Soares Filho (born December 15, 1907) is a Brazilian architect widely acclaimed as the master of modern architecture and a pioneering figure who strived to re-conceptualize the modern building construction. …

Frank Owen Gehry is a Canadian American Pritzker Prize-winning architect known to be the most significant figure of our time. Some of his most renowned works are MIT Stata Center in Cambridge, Massachusetts; the titanium-covered …

Born 28 July 1951 The greatest Spanish architect, sculptor and structural engineer Santiago Calatrava Valls was born in Valencia. Regarded as one of the most reputed designers, engineers and architects of the world, Calatrava’s principal …

Born: 25 June 1852 Died: 10 June 1926 Antoni Gaudí i Cornet, a Spanish Catalan architect, is best known for his highly profound and distinctive design styles. For all the intricate and beautiful creations that …